My neighbor have had their boiler flu moved. It’s now on our property. We live in a terrace house and we have a shared gennel. I’ve told the builder politely to move it but they rudely replied “no it’s staying there” and are adamant is not moving. In the photo our property is on the right and if you look up to the guttering you can see were our property finishes.. What would be our next step to get him to move it ?
I wouldn't thought that be allowed,& wouldn't be happy with that in it's present location & with it going through a arch. But, I don't do gas, so not sure on the rule/regs.
Get Building Control out,they have compromised the inegrity of the the arch as well as putting it on your property.
Hi Jonathan. It is astonishing that some folk will just assume that it's ok to do this. By 'assume', I really mean 'hope to get away with it' or 'if I ask first, they'll say no, so I won't ask...' Sadly. they probably will because - as you say - this is a shared gennel (had to look that up), so is probably not yours specifically. It's not as tho' the boundary line runs down the middle. Unless the deeds show that it is yours and the neighb simply has right of access? What to do? Check your deeds. If they say anything like the passageway is 'your' property, or no-one can modify the shared section without agreement, then - in theory - you can force them to remove it and make good. This won't be easy, tho', and may cost you in the short term; you'll need solicitors and be prepared to go all the way. The 'good' news is that if it's a sure cert that you are on solid ground, then they will ultimately lose and also have to pay your expenses in taking the action. I think. Do you have LP on your house insurance? Even if you don't, I bet you have a legal helpline for advice - give them a call. But you may be disappointed. Have you spoken to your neighb? (The builder - like all good Nazis - was only carrying out orders.) Bear in mind that any neighb who would do such a thing without consultation ain't going to be totally reasonable. So, look out your title deeds and also call the legal helpline.
If it's communal then it could be compared to people flueing over balconies/landings. But the boundary distances still have to be adhered to.
I spoke to the local council office this afternoon and I’ve just received I own the said arch and my neighbor owns the front arch. It’s strange how our floor plan works upstairs. The neighbors bedroom over hangs the front arch and our back bedroom over hangs the rear arch
You could also argue that the distance from the flue to the arch should be minimum 300mm. You could email Baxi/potterton (looks like a potterton flue)with some pictures and ask them your thoughts.
Ask your neighbour to resite the boiler flue or invite them to purchase the said arch. At least they did not terminate the flue inside the ginnel,thats prohibited. As mentioned by Mike83,the 300mm rule applies.A plume management kit would get around that infringement. There is evidence that flue gases tend to accumulate under overhanging features,a ginnel and other features can be described as an overhanging feature. some info from worcester,https://contracts.worcester-bosch.co.uk/professional/support/literature/technical-bulletins?page=3 Scroll down to TB 0095 You can always have a free initial consolation with a solicitor,your photo tells the story.
They put that flue through your arch?! Check your insurance LP or at least their legal helpline. Has your actual neighb said anything? It might have been a case of your neighb employed the builder to fit the boiler, and let them get on with it. The builder may have been working from a position of ignorance. Maybe...
Certainly working from a position of incompetence putting a hole through the arch for the flue,an out and out cowboy.
I haven’t mentioned that they had the boiler flu moved due to them building an extension. I phoned the council and apparently they’ve not had a building inspector to check any stage of the build. So I’m guessing they’ve not had the boiler safety checked..